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Written question asked by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 31 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 February 2018. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 February 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.

Slavery: Vietnam

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Vietnamese children have been referred under the National Referral Mechanism since the implementation of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; what proportion of all children so referred those children represented; what proportion of those children are currently in local authority care; how many of those children so referred were granted the right to remain in the UK whilst under 18 years old; and how many of those children granted the right to remain in the UK have subsequently been deported having reached the age of 18.

Answer

The Government does not hold all of the information requested in a reportable format.
The Government does not collect information on the number of children referred into the National Referral Mechanism who are in local authority care.
The Home Office publish data on the number of asylum claims from unaccompanied children, including nationality breakdown and initial decisions. The Home Office also publishes data on returns by nationality. However, individuals referred under the NRM cannot be identified within the data.

The latest published statistics can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017-data-tables

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
125946
Session
2017-19
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Children Deportation Immigration Slavery Vietnam
Legislation
Modern Slavery Act 2015
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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